While my July trip to the Outer Bank’s southern tip was filled with enjoyable moments, one afternoon was truly an experience I will never forget. Long before heading to Hatteras Village for a relaxing vacation, I booked an excursion with Bak Bar Charters and Captain Will Smith as a ...
MOON TOWNSHIP (AP) — Most mornings, Robert Mowery and his family head down the hill from their Moon Township home to their small farm to tend to their flock of chickens. But over the course of several days in June, a clever coyote — or maybe several coyotes — feasted on about 50 of the ...
WILLIAMSPORT — The continent’s largest salamander may join the rest of the state emblems as Pennsylvania’s first-ever official amphibian. If the student-drafted bill passes, the brook trout, ruffed grouse, white-tailed deer, eastern hemlock and mountain laurel will be joined by the eastern hellbender — an amphibian that used to thrive along the East Coast but mysteriously is dying off. With sizes in the range of 26 to 29 inches, the eastern hellbender is the largest salamander in North America, said Dr. Peter J. Petokas, of Lycoming College. “That’s more than 2 feet,” ...
HARRISBURG — After several years of intensive habitat improvement to support wild pheasants, four dozen junior hunters now will have the opportunity to swing on a wild, cackling pheasant rooster as it pounds skyward this fall. A limited-draw youth pheasant hunt will be held in the Central Susquehanna Wild Pheasant Recovery Area. The Pennsylvania Game Commission today is accepting applications for the hunt. The hunt represents the first time since the WPRA program’s startup that wild pheasants will be able to be hunted in the recovery areas. Applications are due by the close of ...
HARRISBURG — The Game Commission is again seeking help from the public in surveying wild turkeys in August to get a handle on production statewide. The second-annual web-based Pennsylvania Wild Turkey Sighting Survey is underway. The survey for the first time also will include a mobile app to report findings. The public is encouraged to report any turkeys observed throughout the month. Information submitted will help the agency analyze spring-turkey production. Participants will be requested to record the numbers of wild turkeys they see, along with the general location, date and ...
I have been very fortunate to visit many Atlantic coast beaches over the years. From the time I was a young child with my family until present day with my wife and children, I have made one or two yearly visits to beaches in the Bahamas, New Brunswick and many others in between. In late June ...
